South Atlantic Conference Announces 2018 Women's Tennis Preseason Poll & All-Conference Teams

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Tusculum and Wingate have been voted as the 2018 South Atlantic Conference women's tennis preseason poll favorites, the league office announced today. The League's head coaches gave the Pioneers five first place votes and a total of 101 points, while Wingate received four first place votes and a total of 101 points.  

Queens was voted third with two first place votes and 95 points.  Anderson was voted in at No. 4 with 86 points, followed by Lincoln Memorial at No. 5 with 70 points. Carson-Newman placed No. 6 with 64 points and Newberry was voted No. 7 with 60 points. Lenoir-Rhyne took the No. 8 spot with 48 points, while Catawba was voted No. 9 with 34 points. Coker followed with 32 points at No. 10, and Mars Hill was No. 11 with 23 points.

The SAC also announced its preseason all-conference teams.  The first team doubles partners were Franziska Funke and Katarina Majorova from Tusculum, Maria Garcia and Oroma Womeodu from Wingate and Johanna Delisse and Julia Loos from Lincoln Memorial.

In singles, Carlotta Nassi of Queens was named first team, along with Laura Dean and Ivey Welborn of Anderson. Tusculum's Majorova and Funke were also named to the first team as singles players, and rounding out the singles selections was Claudia De Andreis from Wingate.

The 2018 South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis season gets underway on Thursday, Feb. 1. The 2018 SAC Women's Tennis Championship is set for April 17, 20-21 with quarterfinals at campus sites and the semifinals and finals in Columbia, S.C.

2018 SAC Women's Tennis Preseason Poll

2018 SAC Women's Tennis Preseason All-Conference 

First Team Doubles

1.       Franziska Funke/Katarina Majorova, Tusculum

2.       Maria Garcia/Oroma Womeodu, Wingate

3.       Johanna Delisse/Julia Loos, Lincoln Memorial

Second Team Doubles

1.       Alisa Liashova/Klara Vuckovic, Carson-Newman

2.       Laura Dean/Jacqueline Olivia, Anderson

3.       Brittani Brooks/Amber Lackey, Tusculum

First Team Singles

1.       Carlotta Nassi, Queens

2.       Laura Dean, Anderson

3.       Katarina Majorova, Tusculum

4.       Franziska Funke, Tusculum

5.       Claudia De Andreis, Wingate

6.       Ivey Welborn, Anderson

Second Team Singles

1.       Iulia Ponomareva, Lenoir-Rhyne

2.       Amanda Carrillo, Newberry

3.       Marta Pinol, Lincoln Memorial

4.       Ali Harris, Carson-Newman

5.       Annie McCullough, Tusculum

6.       Caroline Nielsen, Queens

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